Featured Speaker Esther Deblinger, Ph.D. One of the developers of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

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Friday, April 28, 2017

2017 Pledged Sponsors

Thank you!

Presenting Sponsor

Delaware County Councilman

Dave White

AmeriHealth Caritas

Crozer-Keystone

Health System

Monroe Energy

Premier Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

Walsh & Nicholson Financial Inc.

Alpha Payroll

Brinker Simpson & Company

Feldman Shepherd, et al.

Wheat Services

Your Part-Time Controller

Become a Bids for Kids Sponsor!!

We are planning Bids for Kids 2017 and are looking for sponsors to help make this event our best year yet!

Bids for Kids is the ideal opportunity to demonstrate your personal commitment to the safety of children in our community or to showcase your business as one that cares about the well-being of children and families.

Because children come to the DCCAC to tell their stories, we are able to identify survivors of sexual abuse. Our goal is to offer each of these children advocacy and therapy as they begin their healing journey. Please help us offer advocacy and therapy to Delco Children!

If you are participating in United Way, please consider designating FSL to receive your funds

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Thank You For Preventing the Harm

Thank you Independence Blue Cross Foundation. Family Support Line is a recipient of their Building Healthier Communities grant funding. This grant is meant to impact positively the health and well-being of the community through education, fitness, awareness, technology, and research. This grant will be used for prevention programs.

Family Support Line and the Delaware County Children's Advocacy Center Acknowledge

O
n Monday, November 21, 2016 Family Support Line hosted a special Thanks for Giving event to thank donors and supporters of Family Support Line and the Delaware County Children's Advocacy Center (DCCAC). At the event, we acknowledged Media Real Estate for its donation of space within Family Support Line's office in Media that is being used for the DCCAC Partner's Room.

Media Real Estate leases space to Family Support Line and the DCCAC for interviews, advocacy, therapy and administration. Media Real Estate donates space utilized for the Partner's Room. A plaque is displayed in the Partner's Room acknowledging Media Real Estate's generosity and "giving children a safe place to tell their stories." Family Support Line relies on "in kind" space so families have a safe and comfortable experience during the investigation of child sexual abuse reports.

Pat Kosinski, Executive Director, said "Media Real Estate has been a key partner in supporting our mission. We were glad to be able to recognize the company publicly at this special event."

"We are extremely grateful to the partners and Media Real Estate," said District Attorney Jack Whelan. "As a result of their generosity, members of the CAC and law enforcement can continue to do their job of protecting and serving Delaware County children in a safe and secure environment and ultimately help bring justice to their families.

Often, at Family Support Line, we focus on the dangers of the internet, social media and connections made online. But these same tools have offered us a path to reach parents, professionals, donors and community members in a new way.

Working with the problem of sexual abuse, we understand the difficulty in talking about this issue. But we also know that the more ways we are able to reach people, and talk about abuse, the better chance we have to prevent abuse and help survivors through their healing journey.

Through the years we used various means to get prevention and treatment information to children, parents and professionals. For our Community Connection Blog,
we want to reach more community members and share our own experiences and the knowledge of professionals in our office. They hear the stories every day, they lead the trainings, they are experts we are proud to have. Each has different perspectives and experiences we hope can impact you to build a safe environment for our children.

Thank you Delaware County Community Foundation for recognizing Family Support Line through the Hope For Children Fund. Thank you for your commitment to Delco Children.

Tips

For Surviving the Holidays

Help a child by simply forwarding to a friend.

While the holidays are a time for joy and celebration, for families who have experienced trauma this can also be a time that brings up painful memories. Between the demands of family, work and holiday errands, it can be difficult to catch your breath. As we head into this hectic season, it's important to remember to care not just for others but for ourselves as well. Here are some tips:

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